They will reclaim the peerages when it suits them - simple human nature. You get such better service in restaurants etc when you have a title. You're correct in that you can't prove the future but just wait and see. Funnily enough, I've always admired old Wedgie's grasp of history and his understaing of the way the constitution works.

re the BNP and UKIP, as I pointed out before, they are standing against each other in the European elections.